**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Jun 03 23:59:56 2005 Jun 04 05:38:37 hi Jun 04 05:39:25 does the nslu2 support usb2 hdd cases? Jun 04 05:40:14 jones`: sure Jun 04 05:40:22 i ve got one which does not work with my usb1.1 mainboard because it uses a second usb port to get enough power Jun 04 05:40:32 uh Jun 04 05:40:45 the case i have is not as easy to use as others ;) Jun 04 05:41:15 but afaik usb2 delivers more power and doesn't need a second connector Jun 04 05:41:17 the question is if nslu2 can provide extra power on a second usb port Jun 04 05:41:26 hmm Jun 04 05:41:59 i just bought that damned case and it wont work... grml ;) Jun 04 05:43:17 and you don't have a usb2 board to test? Jun 04 05:43:45 i ve got an adapter card slowing down the whole pc when running the case... Jun 04 05:43:54 but it works Jun 04 05:46:23 what kind of cases do you have connected? Jun 04 05:51:53 an alu case Jun 04 05:52:01 with only one connector Jun 04 05:52:33 with extra power connector? Jun 04 05:52:46 no Jun 04 05:52:55 yes Jun 04 05:53:02 ? ;) Jun 04 05:53:09 one usb, one power Jun 04 05:53:12 ic Jun 04 05:54:50 does the altered nslu2-linux support fat or any other filesystem? Jun 04 07:24:58 I did a reflash and after that, my slug detects my disk (20G WD). I've formatted it from the web gui. After that it still shows up as "Not formated", and I can't unsling to it. Now what? Jun 04 07:35:22 hasse: You may have to wipe out the partition table on the drive and re-format it. Jun 04 07:36:26 Try: dd=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1k count=1 Jun 04 07:36:44 This is for the bottom connector. Jun 04 09:51:18 hi Jun 04 09:51:33 that's better Jun 04 09:53:43 anyone around? Jun 04 09:55:17 why? Jun 04 09:55:46 i need some pointers for my installation Jun 04 09:57:41 i have two 250GB disks ... DISK1 is the Unslung disk where all the packages will live, the other (DISK2) is just a extra fileserver. For DISK2 I've created a FAT32 partition of 190GB according to the FAQ and a 40GB EXT3 (data) partition to hold ISO's. Jun 04 09:58:16 i'm having difficulties getting the FAT32 partition mounted, even though I followed all steps in the wiki Jun 04 09:59:08 df output shows this: Jun 04 09:59:12 # df Jun 04 09:59:28 Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on Jun 04 09:59:37 rootfs 241091364 196275000 42367016 82% / Jun 04 10:01:07 dev/sda1 6528 5296 1232 81% /initrd Jun 04 10:01:16 dev/sda1 241091364 196275000 42367016 82% / Jun 04 10:01:30 dev/sda1 241091364 196275000 42367016 82% /share/hdd/data Jun 04 10:01:40 dev/sda2 116661 4161 111296 4% /share/hdd/conf Jun 04 10:01:49 dev/sdb1 243348836 3191648 237716996 1% /share/flash/data Jun 04 10:02:00 dev/sdb2 116661 4138 111319 4% /share/flash/conf Jun 04 10:02:04 - done Jun 04 10:04:46 this looks nice for /dev/sdb Jun 04 10:05:05 i did: mknod /dev/sdb5 b 8 4 Jun 04 10:05:37 then: mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /share/vfat Jun 04 10:05:51 output: mount: Mounting /dev/sdb5 on /share/vfat failed: No such device or address Jun 04 10:05:59 this is where I'm stuck Jun 04 10:06:16 share/vfat exists Jun 04 10:06:45 btw: DISK2 is not Unslung, just formatted with NSLU2 stock format Jun 04 10:12:11 dev/sdb5 is the FAT32 partition btw (if you haven't guessed already) Jun 04 10:14:21 hm, sdb5 is logical partition, right? have you try this with a primary partition? Jun 04 10:15:37 no, not yet .. will try that now in Partition Magic Jun 04 10:15:57 btw: how do you undo a mknod? Jun 04 10:20:08 hm, try rm Jun 04 10:24:15 changing from logical to primary didn't help Jun 04 10:24:31 oops .. hold Jun 04 10:26:03 nope .. same error (except the FAT32 partition is on /dev/sdb4 now) Jun 04 10:26:17 fdisk -l /dev/sdb Jun 04 10:26:26 Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 30401 cylinders Jun 04 10:26:34 Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Jun 04 10:26:44 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Jun 04 10:26:58 dev/sdb1 1 5316 42700738+ 83 Linux Jun 04 10:27:07 dev/sdb2 30380 30394 120487+ 83 Linux Jun 04 10:27:17 dev/sdb3 30395 30401 56227+ 82 Linux swap Jun 04 10:27:25 dev/sdb4 5317 30379 201318547+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) Jun 04 10:27:36 mknod /dev/sdb4 b 8 5 Jun 04 10:27:47 mount -t vfat /dev/sdb4 /share/vfat Jun 04 10:27:57 mount: Mounting /dev/sdb4 on /share/vfat failed: No such device or address Jun 04 10:28:02 - done Jun 04 10:36:32 you're unslung version is 4.2? imho yes Jun 04 10:36:42 yes Jun 04 10:37:32 DISK1: Unslung 4.2x, DISK2: Stock formatted NSLU webinterface Jun 04 10:37:33 ans the rights at /share/vfat are 777? Jun 04 10:37:40 lemme check Jun 04 10:39:16 no, 755 owned by root/root Jun 04 10:39:37 needs to be changed to 777? Jun 04 10:40:38 not really, but it's worth a try Jun 04 10:40:52 ok, lemme try Jun 04 10:41:41 didn't make a difference Jun 04 10:43:07 is it because it try to maount the fat32 of disk2 on disk1? Jun 04 10:43:31 or shouldn't that make a difference? Jun 04 10:44:09 i couldn't find any documentation on this for Unslung .. Jun 04 10:44:37 no, you've tried to mount /dev/sdb4 to somewhere, that should work Jun 04 10:45:12 except it doesn't seem to recognize /dev/sdb4 Jun 04 10:45:24 is the mknod command valid? Jun 04 10:45:52 there's no need for mknod, ls -la /dev should show you sdb1 to sdb4 Jun 04 10:49:07 it shows /sda to /sda4, /sdb to sdb4, /sdc to sdc4, /sdd to /sdd4 and /sde to /sde4 Jun 04 10:49:12 ls -al /dev/sd* Jun 04 10:52:42 hm, the layout of the hd, described in http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AttachAFAT32FormattedDrive last paragraph differs from yours Jun 04 10:53:28 when you resize and type changed in partmagic, the hd is recognized in windows? Jun 04 10:53:29 yeah .. that struck me too .. but in that wiki article everyone is talking about 1 hdd, whereas I have two Jun 04 10:53:43 that's not the problem Jun 04 10:54:05 yeah, no problem recognizing it in WinXP Jun 04 10:54:44 as what? sdb4 in the moment is a extended partition, seems, with not logical drives in it Jun 04 10:55:43 i did have a extented partition with a logical drive before, but after you asked to change it to primary it shows up without the extended partition Jun 04 10:56:07 before: /sdb4 extended, /sdb4 logicall Jun 04 10:56:18 now: /sdb4 primary Jun 04 10:56:43 let me check in WinXP again .. (replug) Jun 04 10:57:20 but, before should that be something like sdb4 extended sdb5 logical? Jun 04 10:57:54 imho the same devno could be of type extended and logical at the same time Jun 04 10:57:56 it shows up as local disk, FAT32 partition .. read/write seems to work without problems Jun 04 10:58:27 let me redo PM again Jun 04 10:59:34 do I need to make the partition active? Jun 04 11:00:03 nopr Jun 04 11:00:09 s/nopr/nope Jun 04 11:02:32 My nslu2 and maxtor OneTouch seems to be b0rked, time for some digging around (Don't want to loose 160gb data) Jun 04 11:05:21 Well, the data seems to be gone (looking at the partition-table with cfdisk) Jun 04 11:05:54 ok, here we go again Jun 04 11:05:58 fdisk -l /dev/sdb Jun 04 11:06:13 dev/sdb1 1 5316 42700738+ 83 Linux Jun 04 11:06:26 dev/sdb2 30380 30394 120487+ 83 Linux Jun 04 11:06:37 dev/sdb3 30395 30401 56227+ 82 Linux swap Jun 04 11:06:48 dev/sdb4 5317 30379 201318547+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) Jun 04 11:06:58 dev/sdb5 5317 30379 201318516 b Win95 FAT32 Jun 04 11:07:04 pff .. i need mirc ;) Jun 04 11:07:38 Why? Jun 04 11:07:43 mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /share/vfat Jun 04 11:07:55 mount: Mounting /dev/sdb5 on /share/vfat failed: No such file or directory Jun 04 11:08:09 'cos ths copying and pasting is killing me Jun 04 11:15:30 <_djr_> that's better Jun 04 11:15:59 1st, you need x-chat ;-) Jun 04 11:16:24 2nd time to mknod /dev/sdb5 b 8 21 Jun 04 11:16:26 i use Miranda IM .. suits the job quite fine Jun 04 11:16:35 lemme try the mknod Jun 04 11:17:08 # mknod /dev/sdb5 b 8 21 Jun 04 11:17:08 # mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /share/vfat Jun 04 11:17:08 mount: Mounting /dev/sdb5 on /share/vfat failed: No such device or address Jun 04 11:17:53 i'm stumped here :( Jun 04 11:22:53 just a stupid try, mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt/tmpmnt ? Jun 04 11:23:26 nope, same error Jun 04 11:43:00 no more clues? :( Jun 04 11:52:14 no, vfat is ok at 4.20, checked with an usb stick, but have no idea about youre problem :-( Jun 04 11:52:39 :'( Jun 04 12:56:21 After unslinging and rebooting, I went to the web interface and changed the IP address, netmask and gateway there. Now the slug isn't responding to either the new or the old IP, including after a reset. Jun 04 12:57:28 Is there a better method than unplugging the disk, rebooting, replugging? If I do that, it should come up as 192.168.1.77, right? What's the right way to change the IP persistently? Jun 04 12:58:48 this shouldn't help, cause the network config is store in the sysconf area Jun 04 13:00:27 OK... Jun 04 13:00:32 So what do I do? Jun 04 13:00:46 Reflash? Jun 04 13:00:57 youre pc is in the same subnet like the nslu? with the new ip adress Jun 04 13:01:40 yes Jun 04 13:02:43 so its impossible to ping the slug at the new ip, and when you've change your network config, it's also impossible to ping 192.168.1.177 Jun 04 13:02:52 sorry 192.168.1.77 Jun 04 13:05:18 Hm. Now it does respond to the old address. I haven't changed anything in the config, and I used up arrow to test, so I didn't mistype last time. Hm indeed. Jun 04 13:05:25 Anyway, I can contact it. Jun 04 13:05:41 Is the web interface the way I'm supposed to change the IP persistently. Jun 04 13:05:50 then it isn't neccessary to follow http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ResetSysConf Jun 04 13:06:07 yes, webif is the only way Jun 04 13:28:28 I'll just try again, then. Jun 04 13:31:11 Now I changed it in the webif and saved that. The new IP doesn't respond. The old one responded with an error page, which gave me the html code and a "Content-Type: text/html" visible on the screen. Jun 04 13:32:05 ... and now it's back to responding correctly on the old IP again. WTF? Jun 04 13:34:17 have you try to reboot ? Jun 04 13:34:23 the slug Jun 04 13:34:53 Not yet. Do I need that for the IP to take? It's still (or again?) responding to the old one. Jun 04 13:35:21 dunno, but it's worth to try Jun 04 13:38:12 Nope, it comes up with the old IP. Jun 04 13:40:03 so, thats not my evening, have also ni more ideas about this problem :-( may be http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ResetSysConf helps, but dunno Jun 04 13:42:02 I get "Fail to get samba information", btw, if that's relevant. I just assumed that's because I haven't created any shares. Jun 04 13:44:06 imho, thats no the reason, may be realy a problem in the sysconf area Jun 04 13:44:33 The wiki says Jun 04 13:44:33 When the web interface is telling you: "Error: fail to get samba information".Probably something went wrong in the SysConf area. This is where the system configuration is kept. Jun 04 13:44:33 When the web interface is telling you: "Error: fail to get samba information".Probably something went wrong in the SysConf area. This is where the system configuration is kept. Jun 04 13:45:39 well, i think, its time to reset the sysconf Jun 04 13:57:18 Now I've disconnected the disk, rebooted to redboot, done ResetSysConf, reseted, plugged the disk back, rebooted, and checked the webif. I still get the samba error. Jun 04 13:58:16 have you read the while page? Jun 04 13:58:22 s/while/whole Jun 04 13:58:39 I'm doing that right now. Jun 04 14:01:44 If I understand that correctly, I need to reflash using an older release? To begin with, where to I find that? The link I find from the reflashing page links to V23R29, and just changing 29 to 25 doesn't work. Jun 04 14:02:49 glc: Your dd to the partition table (slightly modified for syntax) did the trick! Jun 04 14:03:50 Now I'm trying to get rid of the "fail to get samba information" message instead. Just performing resetsynsconf once doesn't help, at least. Jun 04 14:04:14 (It seems I'm slowly testing all the errors possible...) Jun 04 14:05:37 BTW, I updated the HowTo.TroubleshootADriveNotFormattedCondition and HowTo.TroubleshootADriveMissingCondition articles slightly. Jun 04 14:09:51 Should I try ResetSysConf a few more times as FailSamlaInformation hints, or do I need to find the older release of the firmware. And do I need to do that upgrade with SerComm, or can I use tftp as well? Jun 04 14:14:40 1st, imho you could use tftp, and it may be help to follow the hints and use an older linksys release. r25 can found at www.linksys.com Jun 04 14:17:33 or www.jrbnet.de/texte/nslu2-fw-2.3r25.zip Jun 04 14:19:40 And redo the whole kaboodle again. *sigh* Oh well, that's for tomorrow. Any further message will be read, but tomorrow. Jun 04 21:09:41 how can I find out the link speed of the NSLU2? Jun 04 21:52:58 ANyone here that can help with upgrade problems i'm having? **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Jun 04 23:59:56 2005